Kerameikos

Kerameikos
Κεραμεικός
Neighborhood
Location within Athens
Location within Athens
Coordinates: 37°58′42″N 23°43′8″E / 37.97833°N 23.71889°E / 37.97833; 23.71889
CountryGreece
RegionAttica
CityAthens
Postal code
105 53
Area code210
Websitewww.cityofathens.gr

Kerameikos (Greek: Κεραμεικός, pronounced [ce.ɾa.miˈkos]) also known by its Latinized form Ceramicus, is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River. It was the potters' quarter of the city, from which the English word "ceramic" is derived, and was also the site of an important cemetery and numerous funerary sculptures erected along the Sacred Way, a road from Athens to Eleusis.